The number of people having tested positive for COVID-19 (coronavirus) in Luxembourg now stands at 2,729 (up 117 from Friday), including 31 fatalities resulting from the virus, as of 17:30 on Saturday 4 April 2020.
As of today, a total of 2,729 had tested positive for coronavirus and 31 people had died from the virus in Luxembourg to date. The mortality rate now stands at 1.1%.
Of those people having tested positive for Coronavirus to date, 2,291 are residents and 438 are non-residents. The average age of those testing positive is 46, while that of the 31 victims (excluding one patient from the Grand Est) who lost their lives to the virus is 86. To date, 230 people have been hospitalised in relation to COVID-19. This includes 35 patients (plus ten from the Grand Est) in intensive care. Nevertheless, 190 have been discharged from hospital. The four recently opened advanced care centres have been receiving 330 people per day.
Since the beginning of the crisis, Luxembourg has carried out a total of 22,793 tests (18,966 on residents, 3,827 on non-residents); from 1 April 2020, the health authorities have expanded testing to include anyone with coronavirus symptoms.
As a reminder, the COVID-19 national hotline is 8002-8080; the hotline for calls made outside Luxembourg is +352-497-719200.
The above graph shows the evolution of the spread of coronavirus in the Grand Duchy on a daily basis since 1 March 2020, with the graph below showing the total figures (cumulative) over the same period.
